A natural disaster is hard even in wealthy societies, but when life is a daily struggle even during the good times, a disaster like a cyclone can truly be devastating....
Selvamani’s three children are in the back row Selvamani is a widow with three children. Her husband was killed in a road accident shortly after the birth of their third child,...
Welcome, my friends! I am currently in India for my third visit to the Karaikudi projects. On past trips, Martin, my partner here, organized visits to many villages where formal presentations...
Forty-eight children in Willoq Alto, with their mothers, gathered to receive boots and socks for the winter rains and snow and mud. This will be the first time they won’t...
The war in western Cameroon is forcing many to flee their forest villages for the relative “safety” of towns like Kumba and Buea and Limbe. These Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)...
Xela, Guatemala is filled with street children selling small candies or chicle for one quetzal. Most of these small children won’t easily tell you their story and will hide or...
Elementary and middle schools are expensive in Guatemala – not because tuition is charged, but the required uniforms, shoes, textbooks and other supplies add up to over $200 per year....
Imagine how cold it must be for Quechua communities living above 13,000’ in the Andes Mountains. In poor communities, the children have nothing but rubber sandals to wear. During the...
Project Pig farming for marginalized single mothers for the development of self-sufficiency, the reduction of hunger and poverty, and the enhancement of the education and wellbeing of their children. Project Summary and...
Nakinti Nofuru, our project director in Cameroon, was chosen by the U.S. Embassy to represent Cameroon at a “Women in Leadership” exchange program. She spent ten days in Washington D.C....